Ms Goodman acknowledged that Labour faces an uphill struggle ahead of the June 8 snap election . "If the SNP wins this election in Scotland and the Tories (Conservatives) don't, then Theresa May's attempt to block our mandate to give the people of Scotland a choice over their own future when the time is right will crumble to dust", said Sturgeon, who heads Scotland's devolved government.

The Utah Republican announced Wednesday he wouldn't run for re-election or for any other political office in 2018 and would instead rejoin the private sector. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee pounced on Chaffetz's decision, saying his "behavior has always been beneath the dignity of the office he holds", and he should step down immediately from his Oversight Committee perch.

American production has increased about 10% to 9.25 million barrels a day in the past year. Analysts say there are early indications that at least some inventories, key in gauging the health of the market, are starting to draw down. Elsewhere in the energy spectrum, May gasoline tacked on 0.7% to $1.671 a gallon and May heating oil edged down by 0.2% to $1.579 a gallon. "OPEC is like a magician waving his hands and trying to pull the rabbit out the hat, but still the rabbit isn't there", ...

North Korea's deputy United Nations ambassador Kim In Ryong said during a news conference that the us was turning the Korean Peninsula into "the world's biggest hotspot" and creating "a unsafe distuation in which a thermonuclear war may break out at any moment".

GM's other brands have been on a tear in the world's largest auto market, including Buick, which topped 1 million vehicle sales in China previous year to rise to second place behind Volkswagen AG's namesake brand. Volkswagen plans to launch its first purely electric auto in China next year and 13 new-energy vehicles by 2020. The company said it would also sell 10 EP9 electric "super cars" for US$1.48 million (S$2 million) without offering a timeline.

Police say it was his plan to attack the team, hoping to cause the stock price to tumble before finalizing the purchase, at which point he could sell the options at a higher pre-attack price. The three explosive devices, packed with metal pieces, were hidden along a 12-metre (40-foot) stretch of the hedge - two at ground level, with the third placed at a height of about one metre, prosecutors said.

The power outage, which affected several neighborhoods, including the Financial District, Cow Hollow and the Presidio, resulted in the closure of the Montgomery BART station in San Francisco and halted service on all of the city's cable vehicle lines this morning.

Eswar Prasad, former head of the IMF's China department, said the Trump administration may choose to simply ignore the advice of the International Monetary Fund and other institutions. "Part of my job is ensuring that we have proper regulation, but ensuring that we don't have conflicting regulation", he said. "Maybe a big postcard, but you can still stick it in the mail".

Sam Mobile has just released information on an unreleased Samsung device codenamed Cruiser, otherwise known as the Galaxy S8 Active. Executives told Reuters on the sidelines of the S8 briefing that it has seen an improvement in consumer sentiment since late January when it revealed results of its inquiry into the fire-prone Note 7 and laid out measures to prevent a recurrence.

The IMF has been somewhat pessimistic in its predictions since the 2008 financial crisis, expressing concern over the global economy's slow rate of recovery. Moreover, that's up from 3.1 percent a year ago. The monetary fund's latest outlook for the economy comes in advance of spring meetings in Washington this week of the IMF, the World Bank and the Group of 20 major economies.

The move was backed by the company's independent directors and JAB Luxury, its majority shareholder with a stake of 68%. Jimmy Choo shares were up 5.3% on Monday at 177.35 pence per share, giving the firm a market capitalisation of around GBP691.2 million.